Harvester-reel.



No. 753,241. PATBNTED APR. 26; 1904. j

G. J. FRIEND & E. L. BOLTON.

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Patented April 26, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'FFICE.

GEORGE J. FRIEND AND EDWARD L. BOLTON, OF KINGSLEY, OREGON.

HARVESTER-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 758,241, dated April26, 1904.

' Application filed January 4,1904. Serial No. 187,706. (No model.)

To alt whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE J. FRIEND and EDWARD L. BOLTON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Kingsley, in the county of WVasco andState of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHarvester-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

As is well known, in the common form of harvester-reels at present inuse horizontal slats carried by the reel are fixedly secured to the endportio, s of the radial arms of the reel. The slats as above disposedare adapted to strike the grain-heads with their flat sides in therotation of the reel, and in so doing a certain quantity of the grain iswasted, the heads of the grain being scattered when struck by the fiatsides of the reel-slats before the stalks are out. i

It is theohject of this invention to mount the reel-slats upon thereel-arms so that as the reel rotates the slats will descend upon thegrain edgewise, and thereby obviate the defect apparent in the ordinaryform of reel.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge' of the details of construction of the means foreflecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1' is a perspective view of a reel, showing the horizontal slats securedin accord- Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the reel, showing more clearlythe Various positions assumed by the slats in the rotation thereof. Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of the means for attaching the slats tothe arms of the reel. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional longitudinal viewthrough the coupling members.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

As shown in the drawings, the general form of the reel 1 is the same asthat commonly empivoted thereto by means of a peculiar form of couplingdevice. The coupling device preferably used to secure the slats to thereelarms comprises a fixed member L and a movable member or hinge member5, pivoted thereto. The fixed member 4 is provided with spacedextensions 6, which receive therebetween the end portions of the arms 2of the reel. Secu ring-fastenings pass through openings in extensions 6,rigidly securing the extensions in the manner before described. Thehinge member 5 is provided with a lug 7, which is received in an openingin the end portion of the member 4:, and through an opening in the lug 7and a lateral opening in the end portion of the member 4 is passed apivotpin, thereby affording a pivotal connection between the members 4and 5. The slats 3 are secured to the respective hinge members 5,carried by the end portions of the arms 2, and are thus adapted for aswinging or pivotal movement, as before described, so that as the reelrotates the slats will assume an approximately vertical position whenthe arms 2 reach an approximately horizontal. position, and thus theslats pass edgewise into the grain at this point in their movement anddo not scatter or knock out the heads of the grain. The movement of themembers. 5 is limited downwardly by means of a lateral stop memher orprojection 8 and upwardly by contact of the upper portion of the hingemember adjacent the pivotal fastening with the adjacent portion of thefixed member 4.

The manner of attaching the slats is very simple and gives rise toobvious advantages, which are fully apparent from the foregoing. It willbe understood that the preferable manher of attaching the slats to thearms of the reel is shown. However, it is contemplated that the slatsmay be attached by various other coupling devices suitable for thepurposes of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is-- 1. In aharvester-reel, the combination,with supporting-arms, coupling memberssecured to the ends of said arms, hinge members carried by the couplingmembers aforesaid, -lat eral projections extended from the hinge membersfor engagement with the coupling members, and slats secured to the hingemembers and pivotally supported thereby.

2. In a harvester-reel, the combination of supporting-arms, couplingmembers secured to the ends of said arms, hinge members pivoted to thecoupling members, slats secured to the said hinge members, and a stopmember projected from each of the hinge members for cooperation With thecoupling members to limit the movement of the slats.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

GEORGE J. FRIEND. [L. s.] EDWARD L. BOLTON. [L s] Witnesses:

J. G. WARD,

CHAS. H. REED.

